diff --git a/include/wx/osx/bitmap.h b/include/wx/osx/bitmap.h
index 34137f0a4c..d1388a85fb 100644
--- a/include/wx/osx/bitmap.h
+++ b/include/wx/osx/bitmap.h
@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@ public:
     // Convert from wxIcon
     wxBitmap(const wxIcon& icon) { CopyFromIcon(icon); }
 
+#if wxOSX_USE_COCOA
+    // Convert from wxCursor
+    wxBitmap(const wxCursor &cursor);
+#endif
+
     virtual ~wxBitmap() {}
 
     wxImage ConvertToImage() const wxOVERRIDE;
diff --git a/include/wx/osx/cocoa/private.h b/include/wx/osx/cocoa/private.h
index 08921a8048..eafd4ab3a3 100644
--- a/include/wx/osx/cocoa/private.h
+++ b/include/wx/osx/cocoa/private.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ void WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxOSXSetImageSize(WX_NSImage image, CGFloat width, CGFloat
 wxBitmap WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxOSXCreateSystemBitmap(const wxString& id, const wxString &client, const wxSize& size);
 WXWindow WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxOSXGetMainWindow();
 WXWindow WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxOSXGetKeyWindow();
+WXImage WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxOSXGetNSImageFromNSCursor(const WXHCURSOR cursor);
 
 class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_CORE wxDialog;
 
diff --git a/interface/wx/bitmap.h b/interface/wx/bitmap.h
index d4922fe3ef..f119444e05 100644
--- a/interface/wx/bitmap.h
+++ b/interface/wx/bitmap.h
@@ -359,9 +359,6 @@ public:
         This can be useful to display a cursor as it cannot be drawn directly
         on a window.
 
-        This constructor only exists in wxMSW and wxGTK (where it is
-        implemented for GTK+ 2.8 or later) only.
-
         @param cursor A valid wxCursor.
 
         @since 3.1.0
diff --git a/src/osx/carbon/utilscocoa.mm b/src/osx/carbon/utilscocoa.mm
index 9a7c2ceb22..7e27bb21ac 100644
--- a/src/osx/carbon/utilscocoa.mm
+++ b/src/osx/carbon/utilscocoa.mm
@@ -577,6 +577,11 @@ WX_NSCursor wxMacCocoaCreateStockCursor( int cursor_type )
     return cursor;
 }
 
+WXImage WXDLLIMPEXP_CORE wxOSXGetNSImageFromNSCursor(const WXHCURSOR cursor)
+{
+    return [(NSCursor *)cursor image];
+}
+
 //  C-based style wrapper routines around NSCursor
 WX_NSCursor  wxMacCocoaCreateCursorFromCGImage( CGImageRef cgImageRef, float hotSpotX, float hotSpotY )
 {
diff --git a/src/osx/core/bitmap.cpp b/src/osx/core/bitmap.cpp
index b875ee34f5..cb9f2163e3 100644
--- a/src/osx/core/bitmap.cpp
+++ b/src/osx/core/bitmap.cpp
@@ -919,6 +919,13 @@ wxBitmap::wxBitmap(WXImage image)
     (void)Create(image);
 }
 
+#if wxOSX_USE_COCOA
+wxBitmap::wxBitmap(const wxCursor &cursor)
+{
+    m_refData = new wxBitmapRefData( wxOSXGetNSImageFromNSCursor( cursor.GetHCURSOR() ) );
+}
+#endif
+
 bool wxBitmap::Create(WXImage image)
 {
     UnRef();
diff --git a/tests/image/image.cpp b/tests/image/image.cpp
index 838cb9a655..65225f55d9 100644
--- a/tests/image/image.cpp
+++ b/tests/image/image.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #endif // WX_PRECOMP
 
 #include "wx/anidecod.h" // wxImageArray
+#include "wx/bitmap.h"
 #include "wx/palette.h"
 #include "wx/url.h"
 #include "wx/log.h"
@@ -31,6 +32,18 @@
 
 #include "testimage.h"
 
+
+#define CHECK_EQUAL_COLOUR_RGB(c1, c2) \
+    CHECK( (int)c1.Red()   == (int)c2.Red() ); \
+    CHECK( (int)c1.Green() == (int)c2.Green() ); \
+    CHECK( (int)c1.Blue()  == (int)c2.Blue() )
+
+#define CHECK_EQUAL_COLOUR_RGBA(c1, c2) \
+    CHECK( (int)c1.Red()   == (int)c2.Red() ); \
+    CHECK( (int)c1.Green() == (int)c2.Green() ); \
+    CHECK( (int)c1.Blue()  == (int)c2.Blue() ); \
+    CHECK( (int)c1.Alpha() == (int)c2.Alpha() )
+
 struct testData {
     const char* file;
     wxBitmapType type;
@@ -82,6 +95,7 @@ private:
         CPPUNIT_TEST( DibPadding );
         CPPUNIT_TEST( BMPFlippingAndRLECompression );
         CPPUNIT_TEST( ScaleCompare );
+        CPPUNIT_TEST( CreateBitmapFromCursor );
     CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_END();
 
     void LoadFromSocketStream();
@@ -102,6 +116,7 @@ private:
     void DibPadding();
     void BMPFlippingAndRLECompression();
     void ScaleCompare();
+    void CreateBitmapFromCursor();
 
     wxDECLARE_NO_COPY_CLASS(ImageTestCase);
 };
@@ -1451,6 +1466,58 @@ void ImageTestCase::ScaleCompare()
                                "image/cross_nearest_neighb_256x256.png");
 }
 
+void ImageTestCase::CreateBitmapFromCursor()
+{
+#if !defined __WXOSX_IPHONE__ && !defined __WXDFB__ && !defined __WXMOTIF__ && !defined __WXX11__
+
+    wxImage image("image/wx.png");
+    wxCursor cursor(image);
+    wxBitmap bitmap(cursor);
+
+#if defined(__WXGTK__)
+    // cursor to bitmap could fail depending on windowing system and cursor (gdk-cursor-get-image)
+    if ( !bitmap.IsOk() )
+        return;
+#endif
+
+    wxImage result = bitmap.ConvertToImage();
+
+    // on Windows the cursor is always scaled to 32x32px (96 DPI)
+    // on macOS the resulting bitmap size depends on the DPI
+    if ( image.GetSize() == result.GetSize() )
+    {
+        CHECK_THAT(image, RGBASimilarTo(result, 2));
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        wxVector<wxPoint> coords;
+        coords.push_back(wxPoint(14, 10)); // blue square
+        coords.push_back(wxPoint(8, 22));  // red square
+        coords.push_back(wxPoint(26, 18)); // yellow square
+        coords.push_back(wxPoint(25, 5));  // empty / tranparent
+
+        for ( size_t i = 0; i < coords.size(); ++i )
+        {
+            wxPoint const& p1 = coords[i];
+            wxPoint p2 = wxPoint(p1.x * (result.GetWidth() / (double)image.GetWidth()), p1.y * (result.GetHeight() / (double)image.GetHeight()));
+
+#if defined(__WXMSW__)
+            // when the cursor / result image is larger than the source image, the original image is centered in the result image
+            if ( result.GetWidth() > image.GetWidth() )
+                p2.x = (result.GetWidth() / 2) + (p1.x - (image.GetWidth() / 2));
+            if ( result.GetHeight() > image.GetHeight() )
+                p2.y = (result.GetHeight() / 2) + (p1.y - (image.GetHeight() / 2));
+#endif
+
+            wxColour cSrc(image.GetRed(p1.x, p1.y), image.GetGreen(p1.x, p1.y), image.GetBlue(p1.x, p1.y), image.GetAlpha(p1.x, p1.y));
+            wxColour cRes(result.GetRed(p2.x, p2.y), result.GetGreen(p2.x, p2.y), result.GetBlue(p2.x, p2.y), result.GetAlpha(p2.x, p2.y));
+
+            CHECK_EQUAL_COLOUR_RGBA(cRes, cSrc);
+        }
+    }
+#endif
+}
+
 #endif //wxUSE_IMAGE
 
 TEST_CASE("wxImage::Paste", "[image][paste]")
@@ -1970,17 +2037,6 @@ TEST_CASE("wxImage::Clipboard", "[image][clipboard]")
 #endif // wxUSE_CLIPBOARD && wxUSE_DATAOBJ
 }
 
-#define CHECK_EQUAL_COLOUR_RGB(c1, c2) \
-    CHECK( (int)c1.Red()   == (int)c2.Red() ); \
-    CHECK( (int)c1.Green() == (int)c2.Green() ); \
-    CHECK( (int)c1.Blue()  == (int)c2.Blue() )
-
-#define CHECK_EQUAL_COLOUR_RGBA(c1, c2) \
-    CHECK( (int)c1.Red()   == (int)c2.Red() ); \
-    CHECK( (int)c1.Green() == (int)c2.Green() ); \
-    CHECK( (int)c1.Blue()  == (int)c2.Blue() ); \
-    CHECK( (int)c1.Alpha() == (int)c2.Alpha() )
-
 TEST_CASE("wxImage::InitAlpha", "[image][initalpha]")
 {
     const wxColour maskCol(*wxRED);
diff --git a/tests/testimage.h b/tests/testimage.h
index cb2722db5a..f27f61ac37 100644
--- a/tests/testimage.h
+++ b/tests/testimage.h
@@ -175,6 +175,11 @@ inline ImageRGBMatcher RGBSimilarTo(const wxImage& image, int tolerance)
     return ImageRGBMatcher(image, tolerance, false);
 }
 
+inline ImageRGBMatcher RGBASimilarTo(const wxImage& image, int tolerance)
+{
+    return ImageRGBMatcher(image, tolerance, true);
+}
+
 class ImageAlphaMatcher : public Catch::MatcherBase<wxImage>
 {
 public: